Sad Dog Photo

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

In 1926 when Germany was suffering from hyper-inflation the Weimar Republic imposed a tax on dogs.  Many Berliners could not afford the tax so they dutifully brought in their dogs to be euthanized.

 

 

[Rip Snorter]

They took the guns first?  

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

4 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:

They took the guns first? 

A short statement about gun ownership in Weimar Germany - 

 

Weimar Germany was heavily disarmed under the terms of the Versailles Treaty. This included all private firearms, which all (at least in theory) had to be surrendered and destroyed. This was relaxed slightly in 1928 when laws reintroducing private ownership were reintroduced, although it was fairly tightly controlled.

[Rip Snorter]

Somewhere I have some hundred million mark bank notes from the era - they came in bound books for even common purchases,

[Trailrider #896]

After VE Day, the U.S. occupying forces, fearing possible attacks by German nationals, confiscated any firearms they could. My Dad, a captain, was walking around one day when he heard a commotion in a house. Investigating, he found an MP trying to take a flintlock hanging on the wall of an old lady's living room. The gun was of such condition that it would be a threat to no one, except possibly as a club. Dad told the MP to let her and her antique alone. 

 

OTOH, there were many, many firearms that were thrown on a pile to be burned and destroyed.  Dad picked up several multi-barreled hammer sporting combination guns, a Luger, and a single-barreled shotgun.  He had them shipped home, wrapped them in newspaper  and stuck them in a trunk in the attic of our Midwest house!  When I was about 16 or so, I found them and asked if I could clean them up. Dad said it was okay (he had zero interest in shooting), as he said there was no ammunition for them. I unwrapped them from the newspaper and found them to be in pretty decent shape. One gun was a drilling, with sxs 16 x 65mm bore shotgun barrels over a 9 x 72 rifle. (I found out later that it was not 9.3, as the grooves measured out .358" rather than .366".) It had a trap on the underside of the buttstock, which upon opening turned out to have several rounds of live ammo! Of course, I had undergone NRA gun safety training, so there was no problem. A buscheflint (sxs rifle/shotgun) was 16 ga x 65mm with a short 11.15 x 45mm barrel.  I ordered dies, and have fired them. Because of the short chambers in the 16ga barrels, I bought Savage Four-Tenner inserts which could handle the longer 410 shells. Dad has been gone twenty years now, but I still have the "war trophies" he brought back.

 

Happy Thanksgiving, Pards!

[Cypress Sun]

1 hour ago, Trailrider #896 said:

After VE Day, the U.S. occupying forces, fearing possible attacks by German nationals, confiscated any firearms they could. My Dad, a captain, was walking around one day when he heard a commotion in a house. Investigating, he found an MP trying to take a flintlock hanging on the wall of an old lady's living room. The gun was of such condition that it would be a threat to no one, except possibly as a club. Dad told the MP to let her and her antique alone. 

 

OTOH, there were many, many firearms that were thrown on a pile to be burned and destroyed.  Dad picked up several multi-barreled hammer sporting combination guns, a Luger, and a single-barreled shotgun.  He had them shipped home, wrapped them in newspaper  and stuck them in a trunk in the attic of our Midwest house!  When I was about 16 or so, I found them and asked if I could clean them up. Dad said it was okay (he had zero interest in shooting), as he said there was no ammunition for them. I unwrapped them from the newspaper and found them to be in pretty decent shape. One gun was a drilling, with sxs 16 x 65mm bore shotgun barrels over a 9 x 72 rifle. (I found out later that it was not 9.3, as the grooves measured out .358" rather than .366".) It had a trap on the underside of the buttstock, which upon opening turned out to have several rounds of live ammo! Of course, I had undergone NRA gun safety training, so there was no problem. A buscheflint (sxs rifle/shotgun) was 16 ga x 65mm with a short 11.15 x 45mm barrel.  I ordered dies, and have fired them. Because of the short chambers in the 16ga barrels, I bought Savage Four-Tenner inserts which could handle the longer 410 shells. Dad has been gone twenty years now, but I still have the "war trophies" he brought back.

 

Happy Thanksgiving, Pards!

 

Pictures!

 

We want pictures!

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

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Edited November 29, 2024 by Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474

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2 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

Off Topic

This is the Saloon (ACS). There is no such thing as "off topic".